Thread: Esterline , reel , rod ?

You will love or hate the line...me....I love it. Very few are in between on Ester lines. It can have manageability issues. It will surely test your skills as an UL angler due to the true 1.75# test. I have tried many Ester lines and the Varivas ES2 lines are the most user friendly I have used.



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Originally Posted by Alphahawk

You will love or hate the line...me....I love it. Very few are in between on Ester lines. It can have manageability issues. It will surely test your skills as an UL angler due to the true 1.75# test. I have tried many Ester lines and the Varivas ES2 lines are the most user friendly I have used.



Regards

Thanks Randy for your reply.
I ended up spooling half of the spool on a Shimano Nasci 500 with about four feet of 2# P-line as a leader .
Right now it’s paired with a 6’ Daiwa Trout X XUL .
This should make a good outfit for the tiny green sunfish I catch jigging around the riprap at boat ramps.

When I first tried it, I hated it. The line would just uncoil off the reel, I took it off and threw it away, but I had 3 more spools. Months later I gave it another try and now I love it, the casting distant is unbelievable.

Randy and another person on crappie.com suggested adding tape arbor on the spool. I have used mono backing in the past. It’s okay while spooling. But the ES2 ester is super thin and only 80 meters. So when you wind it on the spool with backing, the connection knot is visible as a bump. The visual aspect is not what bothers me. It’s the issue that while casting the distance suffers because the line can gets caught on the connection bump.

I discussed this with Randy on DMs. His advice to add tape arbor to the spool instead of backing worked very well.

My experience with ester is less than a year. Not had any major issues with it. I make sure to stop the line before the lure hits the water with my index finger and close the bale with my hand. Before I start turning the handle I make sure that the line is tight and hasn’t looped outside the spool.

1.75 lbs line will work just fine for bluegill, crappie, and even LMB (caught up to 15 inches).


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Originally Posted by dannypeoples

Randy and another person on crappie.com suggested adding tape arbor on the spool. I have used mono backing in the past. It’s okay while spooling. But the ES2 ester is super thin and only 80 meters. So when you wind it on the spool with backing, the connection knot is visible as a bump. The visual aspect is not what bothers me. It’s the issue that while casting the distance suffers because the line can gets caught on the connection bump.

I discussed this with Randy on DMs. His advice to add tape arbor to the spool instead of backing worked very well.



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When Using tape on the spool , I’ve run into an issue with glue residue making a sticky mess.
I’ve found if I hand wind the last foot of line backing before the knot at the very top of the spool and about a foot of the primary line , then finish spooling , it helps eliminate the line hanging up when casting.
I haven’t had a chance to try the Ester out yet . Too cold or wet last few days .
I might get out there today, if it weren’t for the wind , I’d be out there right now .

Originally Posted by gillchaser999

When Using tape on the spool , I’ve run into an issue with glue residue making a sticky mess.
I’ve found if I hand wind the last foot of line backing before the knot at the very top of the spool and about a foot of the primary line , then finish spooling , it helps eliminate the line hanging up when casting.
I haven’t had a chance to try the Ester out yet . Too cold or wet last few days .
I might get out there today, if it weren’t for the wind , I’d be out there right now .

Interesting perspective. Thanks for sharing. We gotta wait out the winter. LOL!! I had been hitting one of the local ponds which was stocked with trout. But, it’s mostly fished out now.

Caught these two:


Sad to see the fins worn off. But they put up a good fight on the Presso Air AGS 510 XUL. On this set up I used JDM braid - Daiwa Gekkabijin 3.9 lbs. I think 0.2 gou or lesser. The JDM UL PE lines are hair-like thin!! This line easily out casts it’s ester counterpart (0.4 or 0.3 gou). But it’s a challenge to tie a leader on outdoors when it’s windy and cloudy because it’s so thin.

Just trying to experiment and have some fun.


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Originally Posted by dannypeoples

Interesting perspective. Thanks for sharing. We gotta wait out the winter. LOL!! I had been hitting one of the local ponds which was stocked with trout. But, it’s mostly fished out now.

Caught these two:


Sad to see the fins worn off. But they put up a good fight on the Presso Air AGS 510 XUL. On this set up I used JDM braid - Daiwa Gekkabijin 3.9 lbs. I think 0.2 gou or lesser. The JDM UL PE lines are hair-like thin!! This line easily out casts it’s ester counterpart (0.4 or 0.3 gou). But it’s a challenge to tie a leader on outdoors when it’s windy and cloudy because it’s so thin.

Just trying to experiment and have some fun.


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Nice catch !
I’m experimenting with several lines at the moment. 2# P-line Floroclear, and 6# Daiwa J8 Grand braid with a Flouroclear leader .
I did make it to the town pond today for about an hour and a half.
I took my Daiwa Trout X 5’6” UL with a Daiwa Legalis LT 1000 spooled with the Daiwa braid . I like the braid so far . It casts great , increases sensitivity, and most of all , very manageable. No wind knots in two trips and I’d had some good wind to experiment with. Today was 9mph with gusts to 19 .
Too windy and cold to get the Ester out .